Last week we went over the draft I had prepared for you for your homework reading of news articles. This is what we do in preparation for class blogging. The discussion about the steps was excellent! You are good thinkers! Here is our final edited list:
- Read your article.
- Take a hi-liter or pen/pencil and mark the important parts of the article.
- Think about the article.
- Tell someone what the article was all about. This will help you further understand what you have read.
- Think about descriptive words and how to make your writing more interesting.
- Be sure relevant details are included - who, what, where, when, why, how.
- Be sure the lead for your article will hook the readers.
- Write your article.
- Be sure to think of a short, specific, catchy title.
- Read your article out loud to yourself.
- Proof the article yourself.
- Ask someone else to proof it.
- Make corrections and any changes that you think would make your writing better.
- Reread it one more time!
As we said, good writing and good blogging requires hard work!